Comforting Hands Doula Services

Wishing you all a warm, cozy, quiet holiday season. Though it will be different this year, I hope it can still be special for each and every one of you! May 2021 bring peace, joy, love, laughter, blessings, and health in abundance to you and those you hold dear! Heartfelt holiday greetings to you all!

Toddler trouble around the Christmas tree? Create a barricade with wrapped boxes filled with heavy items like books. Place them around the tree so that your curious little one can get close enough to look but not touch. If you have a box climber, however, you may need to rethink this strategy. Any other clever ideas that have worked well for you?

Contemplating baby #3?

NEW Hypnobabies "Release My Fear of Childbirth" MP3 track with a special introductory SALE price! If you have a fear of childbirth, you are not alone, and you can release it with this powerful and comforting hypnosis track. Entering a relaxing state of hypnosis. Find it in the Hypnobabies store here: https://www.hypnobabies-store.com/?ref-hyp=comfortinghands

Toddler trouble around the Christmas tree? Create a barricade with wrapped boxes filled with heavy items like books. Place them around the tree so that your curious little one can get close enough to look but not touch. If you have a box climber, however, you may need to rethink this strategy. Any other clever ideas that have worked well for you?

NEW Hypnobabies Positive Parenting Affirmations on SALE now! Listening to these daily affirmations can enhance your life greatly by making your inner self-talk extremely positive, and helps create confidence about your parenting style, your ability to handle challenging parenting issues, and gives you reminders about taking a breath and becoming calm when you need it most! Find it in the Hypnobabies store here: https://www.hypnobabies-store.com/?ref-hyp=comfortinghands

We're officially offering weekly Online Prenatal + Mom & Baby Classes in January to all the mama's/parents that want to join our global community and who are in...terested in finding more support during this isolating time <3 . We're offering a Christmas Special until December 20th! A 6 week Prenatal or Mom & Baby Yoga session for only $66 USD! . Find the registration link here or forward this to your loved one! https://www.mamatayoga.com/workshops/ See more

This webinar looks great for anyone preparing to bring another baby home. And it's free! :)

In need of some birth preferences inspiration?... This will give you a chuckle! https://www.mcsweeneys.net/artic/jamie-and-jeffs-birth-plan

This webinar looks great for anyone preparing to bring another baby home. And it's free! :)

Your body... Your choice!

Breastfeeding support La Leche League meeting tomorrow (Thurs) at 7 pm on Zoom.

Looking for Prenatal Yoga? If so, we’ve got another Virtual 6 Week Preregistered Session coming up and there are still spots available! - Join... the incredible Dawn McCorry @yegmama online for 6 weeks starting Sunday, October 25, and running through to November 29, 2020. If Sundays at 10:45am don’t quite fit into your sched, or you miss a Sunday? No worries. Sessions will be recorded and made available to registrants to access virtually for the duration of the series. - Prenatal yoga is designed to prepare expecting mothers for labour. Sessions will focus on increasing flexibility, strength, circulation and balance to help support both you and your baby during pregnancy and birth. Over 6 weeks, you'll be guided through meditation, pranayama (breath exercises), and postures to help adapt to the changes happening in your body through each trimester, and to connect more deeply with yourself and your little one growing within. - Curious to hear more about Prenatal Yoga from Dawn herself? Check out her interview titled What's the Tea Episode 6, available in our IGTV for your viewing. - Details: WHEN? Sundays for 6 weeks starting October 25th and finishing November 29, 2020 from 10:45 - 11:45am. WHERE? Via Zoom online, streamed live to wherever you are. INVESTMENT? $75 + tax for 6 weeks. - How to register: Visit https://yogalifestudios.ca/registered-classes to secure your spot. Be sure to download the Zoom app; we’ll email your link to attend each Sunday session ahead of time. We’ve got some extra info on how to access our digital offerings on our website here >> https://yogalifestudios.ca/lets-get-digital - Questions? DM us or email [email protected] See more

This is such a cool way to approach potty training. I've had a doula client have great success with this method! I was so amazed to see it in action, and the best part is IT'S SO EASY TO DO!!!

October is pregnancy and infant loss awareness month. My heart goes out to anyone who has experienced a loss (at any stage). Just know that the grieving process is different for everybody and it's okay to feel however you are feeling for as long as you feel it. I honor the little souls who weren't quite ready for a life here on earth and I send love and hugs to their parents.

Hypnobabies Childbirth Education classes (remotely in the comfort of your home) starting Wed, Nov. 4th (6:30 - 9:45 pm). Perfect for January or February (or even late December) due dates. Hypnobabies Childbirth Hypnosis is a 6-week complete childbirth education course where mothers easily learn very effective self-hypnosis techniques to be able to stay calm, relaxed, and comfortable during their birth experience. We teach a very deep form of hypnosis which takes moms far be...yond deep relaxation and breathing techniques. Hypnosis actually conditions the mind, through repetitive training, to convert birthing sensations from painful sensations to comfortable ones. Our Hypno-moms are also fully in tune with their babies during the birthing process, and as aware of everything around them as they’d like to be, easily able to move around and communicate with their support team, completely in charge of their own birth experience. Our classes also teach Birth Partners how to fully support the Hypno-Moms, and Hypnobabies is also used very successfully by single mothers. A willing Birth Partner is a bonus! Give yourself and your baby the gift of a peaceful birth. Please contact me to register. More information on my website. https://www.comfortinghandsdoula.com/hypnobabies-class-info

As of yesterday, birthing mothers going to the Grey Nuns Hospital can now have their partner AND their doula with them!!! They were the last hospital to allow two support people so that means that, as of now, all Edmonton and area hospitals will let the doula in along with the birth partner. :)

An excellent read on the 2nd stage of birth.

Some wise words to help new moms let go of the guilt that sometimes comes with not wanting sexual intimacy.